Work & commute · Leonardtown

Work & commute in Leonardtown, MD

Most working residents leave Leonardtown for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are California (11%), Washington (5%) and Wildewood (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

265 of 1,681 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,416 Leonardtown residents head out of town to work, 265 work right here, and 5,434 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leonardtown.

1,416live here, work elsewhere

265live and work here

5,434work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leonardtown goes to work

Leonardtown (in town)right here

16%265

California8 mi away

11%190

Washington, DC46.2 mi away

5%88

Wildewood5.1 mi away

4%63

Lexington Park11.3 mi away

2%41

Waldorf26.1 mi away

2%36

Baltimore68.8 mi away

2%28

La Plata24.4 mi away

2%27

Prince Frederick16.8 mi away

1%20

Parole47.5 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%903

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Leonardtown commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

43%

13%

21%

23%

43%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leonardtown is a job hub

3.39jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Leonardtown are

5,699 jobs are based in Leonardtown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leonardtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leonardtown

5,699 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Leonardtown residents hold

1,681 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+9%

Jobs based in Leonardtown, 2013 → 2023: 5,212 → 5,699. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.